Hat-retaining- device



W. R. DALES.

v HAT RETAINING DEVICE.

' APPLICATION man MAY 23. 1919.

1 ,3 1 7,433 Patented Sept. 30, 1919,

" 9: Irwenior: g m miiflales" -LA I THE COLUMBIA PLANOURAPII CO" WASHINGTON.- D. C.

WILLIAM R. DALES, OF PHILADELI PI-IIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HAT-RETAINING DEVICE.

I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 30, 1919.

Application filed May 23, 1919. Serial N 0. 299,266.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WVILLIAM R. DALES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Retainin Devices, of which the followin is a specification.

l y invention relates to improvements in hat retaining devices of the general character shown and described in my application for Letters Patent Serial No. 224,739, to

which reference may be had.

The object of my present invention is to simplify the general form of the spring hat retaining device, to provide a novel, eflicient and adjustable means for preventing vertical displacement of the device when it is applied to a hat, and a novel and efiicient means to adjust and regulate the degree of pressure of the device upon the head of the wearer.

lVith the above and related objects in view, my invention consists in the novel construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention,

Figure 1 is a face view of my improved retaining device.

Fig. 2 is a bottom view of a hat having the device placed therein.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section through the hat with the device therein, on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a transverse section through the hat with the device therein, on line 44 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 5 designates the body of a hat and 6 a sweat band which extends around the inside of the hat body and has its lower edge portion attached thereto by sewing or otherwise in the usual well known manner.

My retaining device is inserted between the hat body 5 and the sweat band 6, preferably at the front of the hat, and it is formed of a single piece of spring sheet metal, pref erably spring brass. The retaining device comprises end members or arms 7 and an intermediate member 9 which connects the arms 7 The member 9 has spaced bearing parts 10 and an intermediate bearing part 11. The spaced bearing parts 10 are adapted to engage the hat body 5, and the intermediate bearing part 11 is adapted to en gage the sweat band 6 and hold itnormally spaced from the hat body, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8. The arms 7 may rest normally in contact with both the hat body 5 and the sweat band 6.

The upper central portion of the intermediate member 11 is provided with a slot 12 adapted to receive the upper end of a tape member 13 whose lower end is attached to the body 5 of the hat by any suitable means, such as by being sewed thereto with the sweat band 6. The tape member 13 extends forwardly and downwardly from the slot 12 to the point where the member 13 is attached to the hat body 5, and the tape member 13 is held fixedly within the slot 12 by means of teeth 14 which project upwardly from the bottom wall of the slot and penetrate the tape member 13. The efiect of this construction is to hold the retaining device down in proper position between the hat body 5 and the sweat band 6 and to prevent vertical displacement thereof; and, further, the relation of the tape member 13 and the member 11 of the retaining device is such that when the member 11 is pulled downwardly and forwardly by the tape 13 the bottom of the member 11 will be projected rearwardly, due to the engagement of the bottom portions of the bearings 10 against the sweat band 6. It will be understood that, if the tape 18 be disengaged from the teeth 14 and drawn upwardly through the slot 12 while the member 11 is pushed downwardly and the teeth 14 then reengage with the tape 13, the effect will be to project the bottom of the member 11 back toward the central portion of the hat and increase the space between it and the front of the hat. The purpose of this adjustment is to provide a greater spring action of the device upon the head of the wearer, when the same is desired.

The bottom of the member 11 is turned outwardly to provide a curved rib or bead 15, which not only stiflens the spring member 11, but permits the device to be worn with ease and comfort by the elimination of the sharp corner which would otherwise be present. The stiffening of the member 11 by this rib or bead 15 also enables me to ITIEIkG the device out of much thinner material than would be otherwise possible'without destroying the desired springiness of the device.

When the device is in place in the hat,

as shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, it is confined entirely between the hat body 5 and the sweat band 6, asshown in the drawings; and the device may be readily applied to the hat by inserting it between the hat body 5 and the sweat band 6 and drawing the tape member 13 up through the slot 12 and thereafter engaging the tape 13 with the prongs 11 tohold the device down in place. A reversal of the operation just described will permit the ready removal of the device from the hat.

When the device is applied to the hat and the hat is placed upon the head of the wearer, the central portion of the member 11 is sprung from its normal position toward the front f the hat body 5, and, afterward, as it tends to resume its normal position, itpresses against the head of the wearer with a cushioning effect and prevents accidental displacement of the hat. When the member 11 is thus sprung toward the front of the hat, the free ends of the members 7 are thereby sprung inwardly in a manner to press the sweat band 6 gently against the sides of the head of the wearer and thus assist in preventing accidental displacement of the hat, in addition to preventing lateral rocking of the hat on two bearing points at the front and back of the head of the wearer.

The distance between the front of the hat 5 and the sweat band 6 at the bottom of the member 11 may be varied by adjusting the tape 13 within the slot 12, as previously explained, and this variation in adjustment of the member 11 enables me to adjust the de gree of pressure of the device upon the head of the wearer, as desired.

I I claim 1. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto, of a spring retaining device inserted between the body of the hatand the sweat band and having two spaced bearing parts engaging the body of the hat and an intermediate part spaced from the body of the hat and engaging the sweat band, and a member connected to the upper portion of said intermediate part and extending forwardly and downwardly therefrom and connected to the body of the hat.

2. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto, of a spring retaining device inserted between the body of the hat and the sweat band and having two spaced bearing parts engaging the body ofthe hat and an intermediate part spaced from the body of the hat and engaging the sweat band and having a slot formed therein, and a tape member extending through said slot and held fixedly therein and extending forwardly and down- Copies 4,: this patent may be obtained for wardly therefrom and connected to the body of the hat. 7

3. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto, of a spring retaining device inserted between the body of the hat and the sweat band and.

having two spaced bearing parts engaging the body of the hat and an intermediate part spaced from the body of the hat and engaging the sweat band, a tape member extending forwardly and downwardly from the upper portion of said intenmediate part and connected to the body of the hat, and means to adjustably connect the tape member to the upper portion of said intermediate part.

4:. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto, of a spring retaining device inserted between the body of the hat and the sweat band and having two spaced bearing parts engaging the body of the hat and engaging the sweat band and having a slot formed therein whose bottom wall is provided with upwardly projecting teeth, and a tape member extending through said slot and held therein by engagement with said teeth and extending forwardly and downwardly therefrom and connected to the body of the hat.

5. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto, of a spring hat retaining device inserted between the body of the hat and the sweat band, and a tape member connected to the device and to the body of the hat and pre venting upward displacement of the device.

6. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto, of a spring hat retaining device inserted between the body of the hat and the sweat band and having a slot formed therein whose wall is provided with projecting teeth, and a tape member extending through said slot and held therein by engagement with said teeth and connected to the body of the hat and preventing upward displacement of the device.

7. The combination with a hat body having a sweat band attached thereto, of a spring retaining device inserted between the body of the hat-and the sweat band and having two spaced bearing parts engaging the body of the hat and an intermediate part spaced from the body of the hat and engaging the sweat band, said device being formed of sheet metal and having a rib extending along one of the longitudinal edges thereof. a

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature hereto. 7

WILLIAM R;- DALES.

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